OK, so serious question here:

My right achilles tendon is acting up every time I try to sprint on it recently. Do I just need to rest it for a week or something, or do I need to see a doctor?

I gave it about 3 days rest last week, and was able to go on a jog, but the next day it was ****ing killing me again. Ibuprofen helps, but I would really like to be able to sprint every other day, and right now it's not letting me.

Maybe I need new shoes.

LOL. Push ups are great. You can do them anywhere and if you do the Hindu variant, they're great for posterior chain flexibility. But if gaining strength is the goal? No ****ing way it's better than BP.

I'd like to think I've built up quite a nice chest mostly on bench press, incline bench and machine fly.

Useless with regard to what goal? Definitely not useless for strength. Not useless for building size in the chest, either, although there may be more effective exercises for this. Dips come to mind.

Strict. I ended my strength cycle last month doing 155x5x3. I could do singles @ 185 pretty consistently.

What's your stretching routine like?

Useless for what?

I've decided to eat 831 pounds of cod this year in order to get in shape

:D

I've read that's super effective.

LMAO

Admittedly, fairly shitty. It's never been an issue before though.

Age, bro.

:crybaby:

Alright. So here's the deal: I have a shitty right rotator and can not bring the bar all the way down to my chest, and can only go 1/2. Am I reaping any benefit from benching, or should I just do the push up variations where I CAN come all the way down?

You should consult your physician before beginning any exercise program.

The "new" trend in fitness is all the body weight, convict conditioning bullshit. There's nothing wrong with it, but expect to see a TON of broscience coming out about how "real" strength is built with body weight training.

And I'll admit that there is a ton of impressive stuff people are doing out there (planches, hand stand pushups, etc.. etc..) that is really attractive, but it doesn't time tested and true exercises.